Even when he was running for president before his first term, many geeks speculated that Barack Obama was, well, One of Us. In the intervening four years since his election, this has proven to be all too true. Occasionally Vice President Joe Biden even gets in on the fun.
From inviting Wookiees to the White House to throwing up the Vulcan salute in the Oval Office, America's first Meme President has geek-fu for days – as do the people he puts in various positions of power (or at least in a position to run a Tumblr or Twitter feed). So at the start of his administration's second term, it seemed like a good time to reflect on the four years of nerdery Obama has already given the American population and relive the geekiest moments of Obama's first term. (Seriously, this guy might like Star Wars more than we do.)
Above:
After a petition to the White House for the U.S. to build a Death Star got more than 25,000 signatures, the administration was obligated to respond. The bad news: America would not be building a Death Star. The good news: The title of the response was, "This Isn't the Petition Response You Are Looking For."
Screengrab: Wired
From Death Star Petitions to AMAs: Great Moments of Obama's Meme Presidency
This article
From Death Star Petitions to AMAs: Great Moments of Obama's Meme Presidency
can be opened in url
http://newsfocuses.blogspot.com/2013/01/from-death-star-petitions-to-amas-great.html
From Death Star Petitions to AMAs: Great Moments of Obama's Meme Presidency
